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So I talked to my buddy Corey for the first time in a couple of months today. We were talking and I realized I hadn't seen him since the day after graduation when I stopped by his place on my way out of Ames. While that is kind of incredible I realized that I haven't seen a lot of my friends in over a year, I haven't jammed out with anyone in well over a year (close to two), and while the last time I went to a show was New Years I wouldn't have gone if it wasn't for Jordan being in the band. Who am I? My Sophomore/Junior year of College (living in Friley or w/Jordan) I was obsessed with independent music, going to and buying movies, being actively searching for political news/viewpoints, and while I still loved basketball I didn't care very much about other sports. I mean I watched casually but now it's my main hobby (if sports enthusism is a hobby.) I do buy independent music still but I don't hunger for it like I did. I still love movies but I don...

So maybe you heard of this guy. Mr. Karnaze ran 50 marathons in 50 days earlier this year. The final marathon was of course the Manhatten Marathon, and when he finished the Manhatten Marathon he decided "hmm... that was fun, I'm just gonna run home." In case you're wondering where he lives... SAN FRANCISCO! That's right. He ran 26 miles * 50 consectutive days = 1300 miles. But that wasn't enough. He than decided why not run another 2,906 miles to California. This man is an inspiration. He used to run like me. Pick it up every once in a while, get into it and eventually stop for for no reason. On his 30th birthday he was drunk and someone handed him a shot of tequila. He shot it and walked home. In his kitchen he saw his running shoes, laced em up and in the middle of the night decided to just run. 15 miles down the road in Daly City he realized he had been running for like 2 hours, drunk. He was amazed. He immediately thought I wonder how far I can run. His ...

So I have not posted on my blog in months... it's hard man. I can't log in and they just keep ignoring my calls for help. So I'm stuck. I copied all my blogs to my hard drive and I'm just sitting waiting for the drive to start a new site somewhere else. Boo to the internet. Boo to Blogger being taken over by Google (even though I don't have anything against Google). The worst part is I don't get to write about nonsense, and trust me, there is a lot of nonsense to write about in my life. I mean I am working for Hertz (woohoo! but seriously it gets me some bucks and it will get me where I want to be by next summer), living in Chicago, the Bears are rocking, the Bulls have high hopes, and I am probably gonna start an internet show (more on that later, way later [as in months later]). Last but not least: Down with Detroit. I am a Cubs fan so I hate the Cards but they are National League so if the Cubs are out They will do. Toots.

Stop talking about Talladega Nights!! I can't take this anymore. Everybody knows that ESPN will shill anything on their network to make a buck; see Budweiser Hot Seat, Netzero inbox, Kia NBA shootaround, etc. seriously this list never ends). But they have found a new way to ruin their network for me. The not-so-subtle "product" placement. Talladega Nights has been out for like a week and a half now and every single show mentioned its release. Are you gonna go see it? doesn't it look funny? Will Ferral is a can't miss? ALL WEEK LONG!!! Considering I am unemployed I havea lot of time to kill waiting for a couple companies I've interviewed with to call me back and I spend a good deal of that time on ESPN. So I saw all of these salesmen selling Mr. Ferral. Only one person on the whole network didn't sound excited to see the show and he sounded so unexcited that he sounded disgusted to be talking abuot it. Come Monday after the release, his tune had completely...

That was a Saturday. Lunch at an Algerian Creperie, Hit the Lincoln Park Zoo (so much cooler than I remember), checked out the Bicycle Film Festival (pretty damn cool), and finally hit a trendy pizza place back up by the zoo called "Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder Company." Shall I break down each? No? Well too bad, it's my blog and you will read every damn word I have to say! (thank you adam sandler). So Algerian's know how to make crepes. Considering Marieta and I had mapped out the Zoo and Film Fest as our day plan we had yet to decide on what to do for yums. We found a few buzzed restaurants: The Crepe and Coffee Palace and The Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder Company, both in Lincoln Park. So lunch was the Crepe shop: Crepe and Coffee Palace Yeah so if those pictures don't tell you much know that this place was very unique. The atmosphere was a hole in the wall decorated with Algerian maps and ornamental lamps and art. Very cool. You never think...

So guess what? I'm back in the music writing game. It's not exactly rock n roll. It's more like Electronica but there is live bass and keys so... I'm gonna call it Rocktronica. Yeah I like that. That way I can still laugh at ravers and keep my love for rock n roll. Oh you want to check it out you say? No problem. Dissident I am pretty excited about it. There are three songs on there. Came up with them all in under a week. Thank you very much! Well "Figure it Out" isn't exactly finished and I still want to add a few accent parts to them but, generally, they are good to go. And I don't mean like Taco Bell. I hate Taco Bell. Later tators.

Prologue Before I begin this story let me qualify a few things: A) This story is about a Vacation company (selling condo vacation packages) that Marieta won a couple gifts from. B) Marieta and I are not vacationing in Condos people. C) We don't have any money to spend on future vacations right now. Okay now you're prepared to read the most ridiculous story ever told. The Most Ridiculous Story Ever Told!! About a month ago Marieta and I attended The "Taste Of Randolph" one of the billion festivals in Chicagoland. There was free food, raffle drawings to enter, all sorts of craziness, and chefs showing off their skills. One of the raffles we entered was through a travel agency called "Sundance Vacations." There was the possibility to win an Infinity among other prizes. No obligation, why wouldn't we enter the raffle? Last week, having forgotten completely about that car and raffle, Marieta got a voicemail from Sundance saying roughly "Hi Marieta, this...